Trump prosecutor Willis admits relationship with colleague, denies tainting case. US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack, officials tell AP. The UN's top cou...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis acknowledged to be involved in a ‘personal relationship’ with special Georgia prosecutor who tried former president Donald Trump for seeking to overturn with 2020 election defeat; he denies this will affect the case. Trump and two co-defendants accused Willis of seeking financial benefit from the relationship, which the couple deny. (Reuters)

The U.S. military launched air assaults on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iran-backed militia as retaliation to the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend. President Joe Biden and top U.S. leaders warn of a ‘tiered response’ against the militias. (Associated Press)

The United Nations’s top court said Friday that it has jurisdiction over a request by Ukraine for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide, but not over other aspects of an Ukrainian case against Russia. Ukraine’s case file alleged that Moscow used trumped-up claims of genocide to justify its February 2022 invasion that unleashed Europe’s biggest conflict since WWII. (CTV News)